Expired contract

T0076 Winter services technical assurance task 2021-2025

Details

Value
£324,970.24
Duration
4 years
Topic
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published
7 May 2021

Tender description

Highways England's National Winter & Severe Weather Team (NWT) is seeking technical assurance consultancy services to deliver continuous improvements in relation to our winter and severe weather service resilience. Specifically, the Consultant will provide technical expertise to support Highways England to deliver its objectives in the following areas: - severe weather information service improvements; - weather forecasting service improvements; - environmental sensor station improvements - strategic salt management; The Consultant will need to demonstrate detailed technical knowledge of requirements capture for and the specification of weather information services, weather forecasting services, as well as in-depth technical knowledge of Highways England's severe weather information service (SWIS) to support successful service delivery. SWIS is a complex information system that relies on the correct operation of several key components including environmental sensor station (ESS) data collection, weather forecast collection, winter reporting and winter fleet vehicle datalogging.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date28 April 2021
  2. Completed: Award published7 May 2021
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date30 May 2025

About the buyer

National Highways is the government company that plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England's motorways and major A roads, and buys as a central government body. Suppliers register on the National Highways eSourcing Portal to search live tenders and opportunities. Larger contracts are also advertised on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for smaller opportunities. Most work reaches the market through framework contracts covering major schemes and routine maintenance. The Supply Chain Team handles queries on contracts, frameworks and procurement processes. A social enterprise dynamic purchasing system also opens smaller contracts to voluntary and community organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of National Highways Limited's contract awards have been in construction work, transport equipment and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services

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